Description and Summary of Workshop:
Goals toward communicative competence are addressed. Promoting success of current level of communicative independence with ongoing assessment. They presented their AAC goals grid which outlines a hierarchy of linguistic, operational, strategic and social competencies as well as a step framework of intervention planning. Dynovox users highlighted.
Functional Beginner Communicator
Situational Communicator
Context dependent
And creative independent communicator
Grid is on closing the gap website

How does it or does not relate to the future for the AHRC Education Department?
“Tappers” need a hold delay on AAC hold downtime increased for children who play their devices (incessant tapping)
NEVER TAKE AWAY THEIR VOICE!!!!!(Not only during snack/lunch)
ALWAYS RESPOND AS IF THEY ARE APPROPRIATELY USING DEVICE (“FORK” GIVE FORK)
some¨ Possibility to turn-key by who and to whom:
In the part one of the intervention planning guide the icon/word choices for PECS libraries